--- title: Leviticus 5:4 (JPS 1917) — or if any one swear clearly with his lips to do evil, or to do good,… · tree and pragmatics description: or if any one swear clearly with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall utter clearly with an oath, and it be hid from him; and, when he knoweth of it, be guilty in one of these things; Who acts: one, evil, man. 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The page gives the sentence's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, parsed by Mova and checked by a teacher model — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, evil, man), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it. The original of the verse links back to its own tree and to the Targum. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:LEV:88 # text = or if any one swear clearly with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall utter clearly with an oath, and it be hid from him; and, when he knoweth of it, be guilty in one of these things; 1 or or CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 4 det _ _ 4 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 swear swear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 6 clearly clearly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 12 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 or or CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 17 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 obj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 whatsoever whatsoever ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 utter utter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 27 clearly clearly ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 oath oath NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 hid hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 36 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 when when SCONJ WRB _ 43 mark _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 knoweth know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 advcl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 cop _ _ 48 guilty guilty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 53 det _ _ 53 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nmod _ _ 54 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swear** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | any one | | | | | with man's lips; clearly *property* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | any one *not said here* | evil | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evil=Eventuality | | 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | any one *not said here* | good | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality | | 4 | **be** | infinitive | evil | | | | | whatsoever *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **utter** *speech: other* | shall | a man | | | | | with a oath; clearly *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **hide** | infinitive · passive | | evil | | | | from man | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient from he=Beneficiary | | 7 | **know** | present | man | | | | | of evil | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of it=Stimulus | | 8 | **is** | infinitive | a man *not said here* | | | | | in one of this things; guilty *property* | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew} א֣וֹ נֶ֡פֶשׁ כִּ֣י תִשָּׁבַע֩ לְבַטֵּ֨א בִשְׂפָתַ֜יִם לְהָרַ֣ע ׀ א֣וֹ לְהֵיטִ֗יב לְ֠כֹל אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְבַטֵּ֧א הָאָדָ֛ם בִּשְׁבֻעָ֖ה וְנֶעְלַ֣ם מִמֶּ֑נּוּ וְהוּא־יָדַ֥ע וְאָשֵׁ֖ם לְאַחַ֥ת מֵאֵֽלֶּה׃ [Leviticus 5:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.5.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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